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dalasi
dale
daled
Dalek
Dales, Yorkshire
dalesman
daleth
Dalian
Dalit
Dall sheep
Dallas
dalles
dalliance
Dallis grass
dally (1)
dally (2)
Dalmatia
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Dalit
Dal·it [ dlit ] (plural Dal·its)


noun 
Definition:
 
member of oppressed Hindu class: in parts of South Asia, a member of a class regarded as below the four divisions within the traditional Hindu caste system
[Via Hindi< Sanskrit dalita "oppressed"]
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